"How can we congratulate
ourselves for liberating Afghanistan from the rule of jihadists only to
be ruled by Islamists who kill Christians?"1 asked Tony
Perkins in a recent Washington Update.

We can't. But we can look behind the
illusive promises of "democratic freedom" and see the paradox. Since democracy
implies majority rule, some minorities will always be left without some
promised "rights." For example, even in "free" America, parents are now
required to submit their children to mental
health screening. This
intrusive process determines whether or not their thoughts and attitudes
match the new standards for "socialization" into a global community. Naturally,
those who base their beliefs on Biblical absolutes will not score well on
tests that reward compromise and collective thinking.

Families that resist the pressure to conform
to the global
standards risk remediation. They also risk losing their children to
the adoption-minded Department
of Social Services, which receives large federal grants for claiming
and re-assigning children. Christian families are the innocent victims in
this transformational
scheme.

Yet, the most dramatic violation of promised
justice is now being played out in Afghanistan. America and other nations have paid a huge price for
trying to democratize this nation torn by tribal rivalries. The result?
Christians seem to be less free than five years ago.

Few injustices illustrate the problem with "democracy"
better than the recent threats
on the life of Christian convert, Abdul Rahman. In her article
"Who will save Abdul Rahman?" Michelle Malkin wrote,

"Despite the defeat of the totalitarian Taliban and the
existence of a U.S.-backed 'moderate' democratic government, it is a capital
crime for Afghanis to openly embrace any religion other than Islam. Sharia law,
embedded in the Afghan constitution, overrides its human rights provisions....

"Rahman's family has denounced him as mentally ill. Afghan officials are
thirsting for his blood.... 'He is known as a microbe in society, and he
should be cut off and removed from the rest of Muslim society and should be
killed.' The country's attorney general says Rahman should be hung. ... [But
his cellmate] reported: 'He keeps looking up to the sky, to
God.'"

I thank God for such faith! If
only we American Christians would practice the same kind of perseverance in
the spiritual battle for God's truth and honor! All too often we value trivia
more than truth -- and comforts more than loyalty to our
Lord!

"Afghanistan's constitution, signed into law in January
2004, includes in the preamble adherence to 'the holy religion of
Islam' as well as respect for the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. Article two states that Islam is the official religion, but
'followers of other faiths shall be free within the bounds of law in the
exercise and performance of their religious rights.' Article three, however,
states that 'no law shall contravene the tenets and provisions of the holy
religion of Islam.'... In effect, the requirement of article three
abrogates any perceived suggestion of religious liberty in article
two.'"

This sham applies to
Iraq's constitution as well. While it promises to uphold religious freedom, it
also warns that "no law may be passed that contradicts the constitution, the
undisputed laws of Islam, or the principles of democracy."

3 Alarmed,Christian leaders in
Iraq issued repeatedpleas to delete those words. But their minority
concerns were eclipsed by the ruling majority. Islamic shari'a laws would
prevail. And those who dared to violate its ban against conversion could reap
torturous death.

Doesn't sound much
like democracy, does it? But the celebrated United Nations' Universal Declaration
of Human Rights is no better. In an article titled, Trading
U.S. Rights for UN Rules, I wrote,

"At
the first glance, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sounds good, as
do all the intrusive UN human rights treaties. Article
18 upholds 'the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion...'
Article 19 affirms 'the right to freedom of opinion and expression...
and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers.'

"But Article 29 states
that 'these rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary
to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.' In other words,
these 'rights' or 'freedoms' don't apply to those who would criticize
the UN or its policies. Your rights would be conditioned on your compliance."

The world's lofty vision of global democracy
is an illusion. So is the "Christian" dominionist dream of "christianized"
nations everywhere. But both dreams sound good to those who have traded
facts for feelings -- and reality for imagination. Even churches are setting
aside the logical thinking that prompted America's founders -- whose beliefs
reflected a blend of Deism, Christianity and Freemasonry
-- to establish a republic rather than a democracy. They knew better than
to trust human nature or majority rule.

America's early years were neither perfect
nor peaceable. But people generally based their thinking on facts and truth,
therefore they could logically evaluate their options in this world. That
capacity is fading fast,

By 1969, the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare knew social change was headed in the "right" direction.
It's "Behavioral Science Teacher Education Program (B-STEP), 1969,
included this statement:

"The
Protestant Ethic will atrophy as more and more enjoy varied leisure and
guaranteed sustenance.... Most people will tend to be
hedonistic..."5

The next year, Professor Raymond Houghton
wrote this statement in a book published by the curriculum arm of the mighty
National
Education Association,

"...absolute behavior control is
imminent.... The critical point of behavior control, in effect, is sneaking
up on mankind without his self-conscious realization that a crisis is at
hand. Man will... never self-consciously know that it has
happened."6

Facing a
global outcry against its persecution of Abdul Rahman, Afghanistan is
conveniently changing its arguments. It now accuses the faithful Christian
convert of insanity. But Rahman is calm in the midst of the confusion. "I am
not an infidel or a fugitive," he told BBC. "I am a Christian. If they want to
sentence me to death, I accept that."7

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in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness
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